不錯
See also: 不错
Chinese
| not; no | mistake; error; blunder mistake; error; blunder; fault; cross; uneven; wrong | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (不錯) | 不 | 錯 | |
| simp. (不错) | 不 | 错 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: bùcuò [Phonetic: búcuò]
- Zhuyin: ㄅㄨˋ ㄘㄨㄛˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: bùcuò
- Wade–Giles: pu4-tsʻo4
- Yale: bù-tswò
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: butsuoh
- Palladius: буцо (buco)
- Sinological IPA (key): /pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ t͡sʰu̯ɔ⁵¹/
- (Dungan)
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bat1 co3
- Yale: bāt cho
- Cantonese Pinyin: bat7 tso3
- Guangdong Romanization: bed1 co3
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʰɔː³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: put-chhò
- Tâi-lô: put-tshò
- Phofsit Daibuun: putzhoix
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /put̚³²⁻⁵ t͡sʰo²¹/
- IPA (Xiamen): /put̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰo²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /put̚⁵⁻²⁴ t͡sʰo⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
Adjective
不錯
- correct; right
- (informal) not bad; pretty good
Usage notes
Usually used predicatively. However, in Taiwanese Mandarin, this word may be used before a verb due to the usage of the equivalent words 𣍐歹 / 𫧃歹 or 𣍐䆀 / 𫧃䆀 in Hokkien, e.g. 不錯看 / 不错看 (bùcuò kàn, “quite good to watch”) instead of 看起來不錯 / 看起来不错.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 不錯 (“not bad; pretty good”) [map]